Mobility Radeon HD 5870 vs Quadro 4000

Place in performance ranking	668	743
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.52	1.10
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	GF100	Broadway-XT
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	2 November 2010 (13 years ago)	7 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,199	no data
Current price	$295 (0.2x MSRP)	$108

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

ATI Mobility HD 5870 has 112% better value for money than Quadro 4000.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	256	800
Core clock speed	475 MHz	700 MHz
Number of transistors	3,100 million	1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	142 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	15.20	28.00
Floating-point performance	486.4 gflops	1,120.0 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro 4000 and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	241 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2808 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	89.86 GB/s	64 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort

No outputs

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	2.0	no data

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	40−45 +29%	31 −29%
Full HD	45−50 +25%	36 −25%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

6−7
+50%

4−5

−50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Battlefield 5	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 +33.3%	9−10 −33.3%
Hitman 3	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 +35.7%	14−16 −35.7%
Metro Exodus	0−1	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 +33.3%	9−10 −33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18 +33.3%	12−14 −33.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Battlefield 5	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 +33.3%	9−10 −33.3%
Hitman 3	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 +35.7%	14−16 −35.7%
Metro Exodus	0−1	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 +33.3%	9−10 −33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18 +33.3%	12−14 −33.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 +33.3%	9−10 −33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 +35.7%	14−16 −35.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 +33.3%	9−10 −33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18 +33.3%	12−14 −33.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8
+40%

5−6

−40%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Hitman 3	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7
+50%

4−5

−50%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Metro Exodus	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1